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VNX Latest News

Ago 31th, 2017 - New KVM and LXC root filesystems based on Ubuntu 17.04 available (only 64 bits). Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command.

Ago 30th, 2017 - Added support for VyOS network operating system. Now VNX supports the creation of virtual scenarios including VyOS based virtual machines (either KVM or LXC). See more details here.

Dec 29th, 2016 -- New KVM root filesystems based on Kali 2016.2 distribution (https://www.kali.org/). Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs -p kali" command. Note: use the <video>vmvga</video> tag in the virtual machine. See the simple_kali64_inet.xml example scenario in latest VNX version.

Dec 11th, 2016 -- New paper published about the experience of using VNX in networking laboratories:

February 15th, 2016 -- New KVM root filesystems based on Ubuntu 15.10 available (server and lubuntu in 32 and 64 bits versions). Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command.

February 14th, 2016 -- New recipe to install VNX on Fedora. Tested on a fresh copy of Fedora 23 workstation.

July 24th, 2015 -- New Openstack-Opendaylight laboratory scenarios available: https://goo.gl/JpxCnB. Designed to explore an OpenStack environment running OpenDaylight as the network management provider. Prepared by Raúl Álvarez Pinilla as a result of his Master's Thesis.

June 16th, 2015 -- New LXC root filesystems based on Ubuntu 15.04 available (32 and 64 bits). Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command.

June 10th, 2015 -- New root filesystems based on REMnux: A Linux Toolkit for Reverse-Engineering and Analyzing Malware. Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command. Use simple_remnux.xml example scenario to test it.

June 6th, 2015 -- New interesting VNX scenario available: a security lab designed to allow 16 student groups to work together configuring firewalls and using security related tools and distributions.

April 25th, 2015 -- New root filesystems based on Ubuntu 15.04 available (server and lubuntu in 32 and 64 bits versions). Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command.

March 16th, 2015 -- Latest VNX versions include bash completion capabilities. Just use tab key to see the command line options available and help completiting option values.

March 6th, 2015 -- New root filesystems based on Kali 1.1.0 available (32 and 64 bits versions). Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command. Update VNX version with 'vnx_update' command before using it.

October 24th, 2014 -- New root filesystems based on Ubuntu 14.10 available (server and lubuntu in 32 and 64 bits versions). Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command.

August 27th, 2014 -- New functionality implemented to specify the position, size and desktop number where the VM console windows are shown by using .cvnx files. See more information here.

August 25th, 2014 -- VNX now supports LXC virtual machines. See the VNX tutorial for LXC here. Additionally, see how to create or modify a LXC root filesystem.

June 21th, 2014 -- New root filesystem based on Kali Linux (old Backtrack) available (32 and 64 bits versions). Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command. Use simple_kali.xml and simple_kali64.xml examples to test them (now the examples include direct Internet connection). Update VNX to latest version to use them.

October 17th, 2012 -- New root filesystem added based on CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) Ubuntu distribution. Download it from here or using "vnx_download_rootfs" command. A new simple_caine.xml example has been added to latest VNX distribution to easy testing it.

June 19th, 2012 -- A new updated Debian root filesystem has been created, as well as a new UML kernel (ver 3.3.8) to work with it. See how to download and install them and the recipes followed for their creation: rootfs and kernel. To create the kernel, the traditional UML exec extension kernel patch has been updated to work with kernel 3.3.8. You can find the new kernel patch here

May 31th, 2012 -- New beta version of VNX (2.0b.2243) released including distributed deployment capabilities (EDIV). See the documentation for more information.

May 24th, 2012 -- Jorge Somavilla wins the TNC2012 student poster competition. Read the full story here, here or here

About VNX

VNX is a general purpose open-source virtualization tool designed to help building virtual network testbeds automatically. It allows the definition and automatic deployment of network scenarios made of virtual machines of different types (Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, Olive or Dynamips routers, etc) interconnected following a user-defined topology, possibly connected to external networks.

VNX is a useful tool for testing network applications/services over complex testbeds made of virtual nodes and networks, as well as for creating complex network laboratories to allow students to interact with realistic network scenarios. As other similar tools aimed to create virtual network scenarios (like GNS3, NetKit, MLN or Marionnet), VNX provides a way to manage testbeds avoiding the investment and management complexity needed to create them using real equipment.

the VNX program, that parses the scenario description and builds and manages the virtual scenario over a Linux machine

VNX comes with a distributed version (EDIV) that allows the deployment of virtual scenarios over clusters of Linux servers, improving the scalability to scenarios made of tenths or even hundreds of virtual machines.